The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-07-28

speak Certainly he is not a debater. else
why should he have declined to meet
his late competitor in joint discussion. Ii
the Governors claim to the Senatorship
rests solely upon his Ciceronian qualities.
then his chances are slim indeed. And If
this is rot the basis of his claim, what can
be? Neither in practical business matters
nor in craftsmanship, has lie been signally
successful. His career as Governor has
developed no marked ability His treat
ment of the debt, in his message, W as ct
brave, and if we mistake not, drew forth
the condemnation OF the Hader Appeal
itself That was about the only real OPP
portunity he had to show the stuff he is
made Of. and the result added nothing to
bis fame. either rs q Governor or a man.
Indeed it rather detracted from the soil.
tary claim 10 distinction which he enjoyed.
He is said to have taken the prize for
Workmanship at West Point. His at
| tempt, in his message, to ride one way
with the bondholders, and in an opposite
direction with the regulators, at one and
the same time, showed that be had even
forgotten the first principles of the only
science he ever mastered.
| We have no love for Jn0. S. Barbour,
and can have none until the memory OF the
methods employed un.er his Craftsmanship
in 1888, is blotted out. But if Demo
cratic Senator is to be elected, and we sim
cerely trust Virginia will have no such
affection, then let it be Barbour. He is a
man Of affairs; of practical business
knowledge; persistent, energetic and tire
less: and ne understands Virginia's needs
AS between the orator and the worker lei
us have the latter.
1t will be remembered that a shor
while ago great hue and cry was
made over the discovery of an alleged
deficiency in the accounts Of the latt
DR.. Bacon, financial clerk of the Patent
office DIR. Bacon was Republican ant
died III office. An examination of his &C
counts was ordered, and before the book
were half completed, it was declared tina
at least $2S, 900 had been stolen. AS ;
matter of fact it turns out that there wa
no such deficiency. Seventeen THOUSAND
of the twenty eight have already been &C
counted for. Mr.. Duryee. one Of the com
> mlttee appointed to make the examine
ton, in an interview published in tn
e Washington Star. of Friday, says:
1.-The published reports OF DR.. Bacon
3 accounts at the Patent Office have beel
6 misleading. The committee appointed b
the Secretary Of the Interior made an in
= ventory Of the contents of the safe USE
: by Dr. Bacon, but did not examine hi
d books. The examination should have bee
f made before announcing the result of tn
G inventory, and. until the foOtings of tn
= journal kept by DR.. Bacon, showing th,
i daily receipts Of fees are verified, and tn
e total amount of money received by hin
e during his eleven and One-haf years o
. service (about $ll ,000,000) definitely dc
y termined and compared with the aggre
u gate of his deposits, it is Impossible to sa
y lust how his accounts stood at the time 0
t his decease. In my judgment, and l an
. not alone in this, such an examination Wi
y reveal that Mr.. Bacon was not in arrears.
Our Democratic friends will have t
, find some other offset to the transaction
of their friend and fellow-patriot, MI
Harvey. 1t seems cruel to take from
S them this single justification iof thei
. wholesale demand to turn the rasca
t out"